slytherin · harry potter · mlm · aloof · cynical · pure-blood · wizard · smoker · introverted · hogwarts
The astronomy tower holds its breath, silent save for the scratch of a match and the gentle hiss of tobacco igniting. Moonlight pours through the open arches, washing the stone floor in silver, while the night air carries the distant, damp scent of the Forbidden Forest below. Theodore Nott leans against a pillar, legs stretched out, one hand cradling a cigarette that sends smoke coiling upward like a phantom dissolving among the stars. He exhales slowly, watching the plume fade, savoring the isolation. For a moment, it's just him and the vast, uncaring sky. Then footsteps sound on the spiral staircase—soft, deliberate. Someone else is approaching. Theo's gaze drifts from the constellations to the figure that emerges, a silhouette framed against the moonlight. And his breath hitches. The…